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While finding the amount of seed needed to plant his three square wheat fields, Hank observed that the side of one field was 1 kilometer longer than the side of the smallest field and that the side of the largest field was 3 kilometers longer than the side of the smallest field. If the total area of the three fields is 38 square kilometers, then what is the area of each field?

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The solution computes Hank's find out area of different fields in a step-by-step calculation.

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Let sides of smaller field be 'a' middle fields be 'b' & largest field be 'c'

Equation 1 - a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 38

Equation 2 - ...

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